Reinhold Messner, born September 17, 1944 in Bressanone/Brixen in South Tyrol, is a German-speaking Italian mountaineer, considered by many to be one of the best of the 20th century. A great defender of the alpine style and destroyer of the expedition style, he is notably known for having made the first ascent of Everest without oxygen supply with Peter Habeler, in May 1978, and was the first to have climbed the fourteen peaks more 8,000 meters in 1986.
Known For

The Last Expedition
Self
2024

14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible
Himself
2021

Sul Tetto del Mondo - Walter Bonatti e Rossana Podestà
2021
Higher, Further, More Extreme - Pioneers and Adventurers
hisself
2021

Nanga Parbat - Mein Schlüsselberg
Self
2021

The Alpinist
Self
2021

Meine Achttausender – Reinhold Messner
(3 episodes)
2020

Fine Lines
Self
2019

Die große Terra X-Show
Self · (1 episode)
2019

Mythos Cerro Torre: Reinhold Messner auf Spurensuche
Self
2019

Manaslu: Mountain of Souls
Self
2018
Reinhold Beckmann trifft
Self · (1 episode)
2018

The Holy Mountain
2018

Dirtbag: The Legend of Fred Beckey
Self
2017

Peter Habeler: ... ich will die Welt von oben sehen
2017

Denis Urubko - My Own Way
Self (archive footage)
2016

Still Alive - Dramma Sul Monte Kenya
2016

Yeti: Myth, Man or Beast?
Himself
2016

Simone Moro, I-View
Self
2015
Der Meisterfälscher
Self · (1 episode)
2014
SPIEGEL TV Porträt
Self · (1 episode)
2014

The Dream Line
Reinhold Messner
2014

Cerro Torre: A Snowball's Chance in Hell
Self
2013

High and Hallowed: Everest 1963
Self
2013
Reinhold Messner - Il quindicesimo 8000
2013
Stöckl
Self · (1 episode)
2013

Messner
Self
2012

Bergwelten
Self · (1 episode)
2012

Bergwelten
Bergsteiger · (1 episode)
2012

Walter Bonatti, King of the Alps
Reinhold Messner
2012

Art of Freedom
Self
2011
Was wurde aus...?
himself · (1 episode)
2011
Erlesen
self · (1 episode)
2010

Tonspur – Der Soundtrack meines Lebens
Self · (1 episode)
2010
Landesschau Rheinland-Pfalz
Self · (1 episode)
2010
Talk im Hangar-7
Self · (3 episodes)
2010

Riccardo Cassin, 100 Anni - Un secolo di alpinismo passato alla storia
Self
2009

Markus Lanz
(1 episode)
2008
Der Sonntags-Stammtisch
Self · (4 episodes)
2007
Thadeusz
self · (1 episode)
2005
Fröhlich lesen
Self · (1 episode)
2005
G&G – Gesichter und Geschichten
Self · (1 episode)
2005
Leute am Donnerstag
himself · (1 episode)
2004
Menschen bei Maischberger
Self · (2 episodes)
2003
Gipfeltreffen
self · (1 episode)
2003
Gero von Boehm begegnet...
Self · (1 episode)
2002
Im Glashaus - Das philosophische Quartett
himself · (2 episodes)
2002

Là-Haut, Un supplément d'âme
Self
2001
Weimarer Salon
Self · (1 episode)
2001

Hart aber fair
Self · (1 episode)
2001
Aeschbacher
Self · (1 episode)
2001
Menschen der Woche
Self · (4 episodes)
2000

Abendschau
self · (2 episodes)
2000
Münchner Runde
(2 episodes)
2000

maybrit illner
Self · (5 episodes)
1999
Volle Kanne
Self · (2 episodes)
1999

Beckmann
Self · (3 episodes)
1999
Wohnungen der Götter
Self · (9 episodes)
1998
The Johannes B. Kerner Show
Self · (3 episodes)
1998
Alpha Forum
Self · (1 episode)
1998
Sabine Christiansen
Self · (1 episode)
1998
Nachtstudio
Self · (1 episode)
1997
Tietjen und Bommes
Self · (2 episodes)
1997
Im Dialog
self · (2 episodes)
1997
Phoenix Runde
himself · (1 episode)
1997
RTL-Spendenmarathon
Self · (1 episode)
1996

Kulturzeit
self · (1 episode)
1995
Sternstunden
Self · (1 episode)
1994
Kein schöner Land
Self · (2 episodes)
1993
Reinhold Messner – Zwischen Himmel und Erde
Self · (26 episodes)
1993

Morgenmagazin
Self · (1 episode)
1992

Riverboat
Self · (1 episode)
1992

Galahad of Everest
Self
1991

DAS!
(1 episode)
1991

DAS!
Self · (4 episodes)
1991

Through the Homeland of Ice and Storms
Self - Expedition Member / Portrait Subject · (3 episodes)
1990

Lhotse - l'anno nero del serpente
1990
Romy Award
Self · (1 episode)
1990
live - die ZDF-talkshow
Self · (1 episode)
1987

Nachtcafé
Self · (1 episode)
1987

ZDF-Fernsehgarten
Self · (1 episode)
1986

Portrait: Werner Herzog
Self
1986

The Dark Glow of the Mountain
Self
1985

Niemanns Zeit - Ein deutscher Heimatfilm
Himself
1985
Wortwechsel
Self · (2 episodes)
1982

Heut' abend
Self · (1 episode)
1980

NDR Talk Show
Self · (4 episodes)
1979

Everest Unmasked
Self
1978

Viktor & I: An Alexander Vesely Film
Reinhold Messner

Manaslu - Road to the Mountain, Road to a Friend
Himself
Die große Zinne - 150 Jahre Kletterkunst
2020

Reinhold Messner - Heimat. Berge. Abenteuer.
Self · (5 episodes)
2019
Eiskalte Leidenschaft - Leni Riefenstahl und Arnold Fanck zwischen Hitler und Hollywood
Self
2018
nacht:sicht
(1 episode)
2016

Kukuczka
Self
2015

Wer weiß denn sowas?
(1 episode)
2015

Messners Himalaya
Self · (3 episodes)
2015

Jurek
Self
2014
Privat bei …
Self · (1 episode)
2012

Bergwelten
(232 episodes)
2012

Klein gegen Groß - Das unglaubliche Duell
Self · (1 episode)
2011
Im Gespräch mit Teddy Podgorski
Self · (1 episode)
2010
Musikalische Reise
Self · (1 episode)
2010
Bergheimat
(1 episode)
2009

Markus Lanz
Self · (9 episodes)
2008
Messners Alpen
Self · (3 episodes)
2007
Nachtlinie
Self · (1 episode)
2007

Inas Nacht
Self · (1 episode)
2007

Lafer! Lichter! Lecker!
Self · (1 episode)
2006

Terra X History
Self · (1 episode)
2000

Terra X History
Himself · (1 episode)
2000

Everest At Any Cost
Self (archive footage)
1999

Il Cervino. La montagna perfetta

David Lama - Off Limits On Rock and Ice
Self
2014
Leute heute
Self · (2 episodes)
1997

Die Harald Schmidt Show
Self · (2 episodes)
1995

Gaia Symphony
Self · (1 episode)
1992
ZDF-Mittagsmagazin
Self · (2 episodes)
1989
Leute
Self · (1 episode)
1983

Wetten, dass..?
Self · (2 episodes)
1981

Verstehen Sie Spaß?
Self · (1 episode)
1980
Okay
Self · (1 episode)
1979
Club 2
Self · (1 episode)
1976

Music & Guests
Self · (2 episodes)
1976
Litera-Tour
Self · (1 episode)
1976

Kölner Treff
Self · (3 episodes)
1976
3 nach 9
Self · (5 episodes)
1974
Österreich-Bild
Self · (1 episode)
1968
Das aktuelle Sportstudio
self · (1 episode)
1963

Stars in the Ring
Self · (1 episode)
1959

Bambi-Verleihung
Self · (1 episode)
1948